hi lads i used to deliver coal to p&g in a 4 wheel leyland but you could only put the tipper up 2 rams because of the door height ,the rest about 6 ton we had to shovel out .
also my dad used to work for capstaff & mcphees ,i also remember the office on milkmarket weighbridge was it run by a jackie king ?
Jacky King was in A.Ones Traffic Office on the Quay, Baltic Chambers , it then became All Day Transport after Jacky retired & A1, dissapeared off the Quay, McPhees had an office there too, run by a bloke called Edgar, who ended up at Van Hees when McPhees ceased trading, Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
I remember the Bessie Surtees, & The Bobby Shaftoe coming up the Tyne to Dunston, but they were barge type vessels.
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Ken.
I cannot remember where, but after P&G had moved north we used to park on Newcastle quayside, it was a long drive down to the river and a bloody hard walk up to the pubs, but a great night out, especially on a Friday. This was a long time before Newcastle became trendy 
Quinny:
Lawrence Dunbar:
I remember the Bessie Surtees, & The Bobby Shaftoe coming up the Tyne to Dunston, but they were barge type vessels.shipspotting.com/gallery/pho … lid=942840
Ken.
I did they not build them with a very low bridge barge type vessels so they could get under the swing bridge on a low tide without it needing to be opened ? and did they not have 8 cylinder Gardner marine engines in them.
The picture of the Bessie Surtees looks like the river Blyth not the Tyne as in the background it looks like the alcan
storage tanks.
ps not a boat person so dont know the correct terminology for ships 
It is indeed a picture of the Blyth, as it was the only one I could find. There doesn’t seem to be a one of the Bobby Shaftoe though. I often wondered what happened to them and now I know at least one has been scrapped. Didn’t know Portugal had something to do with it though.
What was the name of that grey dredger that used to run up and down the Tyne clearing the riverbeds?
Not a ship person myself either, but the memories that you guys talk about are giving me a chance to relive my childhood, although I guess my old man will remember most of what you are talking about.
Ken.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Jacky King was in A.Ones Traffic Office on the Quay, Baltic Chambers , it then became All Day Transport after Jacky retired & A1, dissapeared off the Quay, McPhees had an office there too, run by a bloke called Edgar, who ended up at Van Hees when McPhees ceased trading, Regards Larry
would that be edgar ridley ?
He may have been Ridley, The other Edgar Ridley I new had wagons of his own at Back Condercum Rd Benwell, no longer with us sadly to say. Regards Larry
Both Gateshead and N/cle marts closed in the late sixties,around 1968, when the new one opened at Scotswood (where B&Q is now)
IIRC walking off the end of the Redheugh bridge towards Gateshead on the right was a house that had been the Toll Keepers. It was still standing till a few years ago. Next to that was a large door into the Cattle mart building which was all under one roof. on the other side of the road was a yard which had the wagon wash and some pens and loading docks. Further up at the corner of the mart, before the railway bridge was I think TYne Road East. which was a fairly steep bank and there was a door and another loading dock which couldn’t be used as the waggons got bigger. Opposite this was a street of houses and at the top was the sheep mart. I was only young at the time but felt really sorry for the people living there with waggons coming and going all hours of the day and night.
Blueiain:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Venture buses Im sure they had a Garage at High Spen some years back, ?Yeah right, they were then bought out by go ahead northern, the routes were integrated into the Northerns network, the depot still there in High Spen, has s few small companies based there.
I am here: maps.google.com/maps?ll=55.001525,-1.675262
The main garage was at Blackhill always remember it the first workshop that I had seen with walk through and tiled pits, also cut outs to enable all round working on the under floor engines. It was ahead of its time, the directors were the Reed family and Les Graham was the general manager at the time.
transporter man:
Blueiain:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Venture buses Im sure they had a Garage at High Spen some years back, ?Yeah right, they were then bought out by go ahead northern, the routes were integrated into the Northerns network, the depot still there in High Spen, has s few small companies based there.
I am here: maps.google.com/maps?ll=55.001525,-1.675262
The main garage was at Blackhill always remember it the first workshop that I had seen with walk through and tiled pits, also cut outs to enable all round working on the under floor engines. It was ahead of its time, the directors were the Reed family and Les Graham was the general manager at the time.
It never ceases to amaze me how these threads move on, we started on the quayside and now have moved on (via different memories) to the “Venture buses” its magic!!! keep it up lads.regards kevmac47.
It’s just good to know that the greatest area in this country, is so diversified.
Ken.
I was along the Quayside today, Spillers being demolished, Jimmys Cafe closed down what a sad site to say the least, If this is progress , they can stuff it for me, what will be put in its place, another eyesore to stand empty because the rents are to high. where will it all end I wonder. Regards Larry ■■■■■■■■ am away ti thi club.
Quinny:
mickd1958:
Hi Lawrence
I can remember my dad did a spell driving on the venture buses their garage was an old wooden building at New Kyo. The Daimler bus you mentioned still being around used to be parked in a garage behind the Potters Wheel at Sunniside. the last time i saw it though was a couple of years ago.
Cheers
MickBloody hell. Reading this whole thread has brought back some memories.
That bus was still there until a few years ago, but I haven’t seen it for a while so don’t know where it’s gone.
As for the cattle sheds at the Gateshead end, well my late Mum and my Father who’s still alive, moved from opposite the Redheugh social club on Morrison Street, to Rose Street in July 1973, and it must have been before then, as I grew up in the area as a lad, and used to stagger across the old Redheugh Bridge on a Friday night after getting out of the nightclubs at 3am, and walking home. There were no cattle sheds then, and this was about 1981 just before the old bridge closed. (I moved to Yorkshire in 1986, and got married later that year. We’ve just celebrated our 25th.)
Bloody happy memories indeed.
My daughter lives on Morrison st & walks across the "new " Redhugh bridge on a fri/sat night
kevmac47:
v7victor:
thechink1968:
anyone remember Bellinghams cafe ?Was that the one up on the top road?
Yes Vic, it was on City Rd just over the Ouseburn bridge past McPhee’s garage on the right. Itstarted off as a
good cafe and digs but turned into a proper doss house before it closed down
What about the swirl cafe next to P&G
The Swirle Cafe, I remember it very well, tea stewing in 3 gallon teapots, it was also known as Jimmys [Morran[, a wooden shed painted green… Good food you could have Bread, Bun, or Stottie sarnies, He was a pheasant plucker was old Jimmy only smiled when you paid him, but I must say the place was spotless clean, & the food was good, that was in the 50/60s, Regards Larry
thechink1968:
kevmac47:
v7victor:
thechink1968:
anyone remember Bellinghams cafe ?Was that the one up on the top road?
Yes Vic, it was on City Rd just over the Ouseburn bridge past McPhee’s garage on the right. Itstarted off as a
good cafe and digs but turned into a proper doss house before it closed downWhat about the swirl cafe next to P&G
Yeah the last time i was in the swirl i bumped in to a mate i had’nt seen for years, he had been working for Hoult’s,but had moved on to the Gas Board,i have not seen him since.
Getting back to cafes on the Quayside, sureley some of you oldies like myself must have been in Gordie Dunns on the corner of Broad Chare, fried spam fried egg fried sausage all in the frying pan together, it didnt change until he snuffed it & his son & his wife took over you could have bacon sarnies, not bad, but the tea was stewed as allways, Happy days Eh, Larry
The Quayside, any one remember the Fresian Coast Cargo Ship used head up to the Swing Bridge & turn around & dock at Gateshead Wharf, Tyne Tees Steam Shipping. It used to have a cargo of Dutch, Bacon Butter, Cheese, Etc,Etc,I have a picture of it somewhere,I will hunt it out & post it. the Tyne was heaving with work in those good old days 50s onwards,I remember the 3 wheeler T.T.S.S. had Ideal for the Gateshead Wharf not much room as I recall, Regards Larry